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A Study on the ZnO Anti-reflection Layer of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell using Zinc Nitrate Solution

Zinc nitrate 용액을 이용한 염료감응형 태양전지 반사 방지막에 관한 연구

  • 최진호 (부산대 공대 전자전기공학과) ;
  • 서현웅 (부산대 공대 전자전기공학과) ;
  • 손민규 (부산대 공대 전자전기공학과) ;
  • 김수경 (부산대 공대 전자전기공학과) ;
  • 김병만 (부산대 공대 전자전기공학과) ;
  • 김희제 (부산대 전자전기공학과) ;
  • 프라바카르 (부산대 전자전기공학과) ;
  • 김종락 (한국철도시설공단 영남본부)
  • Received : 2012.04.02
  • Accepted : 2012.04.27
  • Published : 2012.05.01
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Abstract

An anti-reflection layer (AR) is used in the solar cell to improve the amount of the irradiated light, resulting in the improvement of the performance of the solar cell. In this study, the zinc oxide (ZnO) AR is applied to the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) by using zinc nitrate solution. The conditions such as solution concentration and sintering temperature for fabricating the ZnO AR are changed to optimize the performance of the AR. As a result, the best performance is shown when the zinc nitrate solution with 100mM concentration is used and the sintering temperature is $600^{\circ}C$. And then, the ZnO AR formed with these optimal conditions is applied to the DSC. Consequently, a DSC with a ZnO AR had an increased current density up to 13.86$mA/cm^2$ and an enhanced efficiency of 6.32%.

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